Who is she? Police appeal for help to identify woman found dead on Upper Brook Street in Manchester

08:30, 30 March 2012

ByManchester Evening News

Police investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on Upper Brook Street have released a description of the clothes she was wearing in the hope that members of the public will help to identify her.

Police investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on Upper Brook Street have released a description of the clothes she was wearing.

Officers still do not know the identity of the woman and have appealed for help from the public.

She is described as Asian and is thought to be local to the area.

The dead woman has black hair and was wearing a yellow sari or salwar kameez, had gold bangles on each wrist, a toe ring and had a pierced nose.

A 47-year-old lorry driver, who was arrested in connection with the death of the woman, has been released without charge.

Eyewitnesses described horrific scenes on the busy commuter route after the body was discovered just after 9.30am close to the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Officers believe the woman may have been hit by a truck - but it is not clear how she came to be struck by the vehicle.

Some witnesses have reported that she plunged from a car park nearby into the path of the vehicle but other reports have suggested that she may have fallen from a lorry and was then run over.

The body was found at the Longsight end of the road near Grafton Street..

Eyewitnesses who saw the body of the woman spoke of their shock.

They described how part of the lower torso was seen in the road at around 9.30am, close to a petrol service station and the Manchester Royal Infirmary site.

One cyclist told the M.E.N: “People were swerving around the body because they didn’t know what it was.

“But the police arrived just as I approached it. The shoes and scarf were about 20 metres away from the torso and the leg.

“I had never seen anything like it before, it was horrible.

“At that time of the morning the traffic is only going at around 30mph. It’s difficult to see how anything could have done that.”

Another witness posted a message on Twitter saying: "Just saw possibly the most disturbing thing of my life cycling along Upper Brook Street" and another wrote that the scene was the "most horrific thing I've ever seen".

Superintendent Wasim Chaudhry from Longsight police station said, "We are in the very early stages of what is a fast moving investigation and we are keeping an open mind as to what has happened here today.

"I want to reassure the public that we are doing everything we can to establish the circumstances around what has happened here.

"I understand the community will be very distressed and I want to reassure local residents that we have a team of very experienced officers working on this investigation.

"We are making every effort to try and identify the person who has lost her life in what are clearly tragic circumstances. We are also trying to establish her age.

"We have stepped up patrols in the area. If you have any concerns please go and speak to an officer.

"Given that this incident was only reported a few hours ago we are getting a lot of reports from members of the public, if you witnessed the incident or have any information which could help our investigation, please contact us as soon as possible."

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